Lions take care of business against Algona

Clear Lake pulled away from a 29-29 halftime score to defeat Algona 62-55 Friday night, Feb. 8.
“We came out and played a good third quarter and got up by as much as 12 in the fourth quarter. I thought we did a much better job of taking care of the ball,” said Coach Kevin Kahler, whose team improved to 7-6 in the North Central Conference and 7-8 overall.
The winning effort was propelled by Clear Lake’s best rebounding of the year, noted the coach. The Lions won the battle on the boards by a 35-17 margin. Justin Uhlenhopp led the team on the board with nine rebounds. Charlie Peterson had seven rebounds and three others, Sean McChesney, Zach Monson and Jared Sholly, each had six.
The coach also noted the Lions’ turnovers were down and the team made its free throws when they needed to.
McChesney and Peterson shared scoring honors for the Lions with 17 points apiece. McChesney also made four assists and had two blocks and two steals.
“Charlie and Sean had big nights for us offensively, but I thought all of our kids played extremely well,” added Kahler.
Monson also finished in double figures with 11 points. Jared Sholly had nine, and Justin Uhlenhopp tossed in four points. Zach Mueller and Lukas Matheson came off the bench to score three and one point respectively.
The Lions’ game with highly ranked St. Ed’s was cancelled Monday due to inclement weather. They were slated to travel to Iowa Falls Tuesday, Feb. 5, and are at Hampton-Dumont Thursday.